Has Anyone Been at WAL-MART During One of Their Early Morning Pep Meetings?

[romantico]

OK, my friend and I were in WAL-MART this morning trying to finish our Christmas Shopping. As we were were shopping we saw a group of employees huddled in this circle right in the middle of the aisle. I am thinking, WTF? Don't they have break rooms for these daily meetings? I over heard the Manager motivating these poor employees and could not keep a straight face.He started chanting and clapping and then he raised his voice declaring they are all winners! Everyone started clapping and whistling, and were just too damn rowdy for me this early in the morning.I literally felt embarrassed for all of them. IMO,this is very unprofessional for them to do out in the open for the customers to have to see. Has anyone else witnessed this before?

[carlyhippy]

1. I have! rah rah rah!!!!

So peppy and energetic.....I have seen this quite a few times, as I try and get my walmart shopping done before I go to work. I have found myself staring at these folks while they are doing this.

gimme a w
gimme an a
gimme an l etc etc....

happy way to motivate

[Dangerously Amused]

4. Ha ha. Next time you should infiltrate and chant along with them...

Gimme a "W" ..."U!"
Gimma a "A" ... "N!"
Gimme a "L" ... "I!"

Gimme a "M" ..."O!"
Gimme a "A" ..."N!"

"...Union!! UNION! UNION!..."

[carlyhippy]

13. LOL! I will loudly chant that from behind the racks in the next aisle

Carly

[Arugula Latte]

2. Wow, that sounds incredibly depressing.

Those poor employees.

[Jamastiene]

3. They have a prayer meeting every morning in the store here where I live.

I shit you not. It was in the paper what good little Christians they all were and how "inspirational" the new manager is. :scared: :tinfoilhat:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Blech! Is it mandatory?

:puke:

[Jamastiene]

17. According to the newspaper article, everyone liked it.

Knowing this bunch around here, they probably really do/did too. I wish the search function was better at the Daily Journal's web site to find archives articles. It was just a few years ago that it was in the paper. I think it was either 2002 or 2003 that they had a front page article about it.

I've tried searching it online, but I happened to see where they said a man was "shot in the back of his chest." ??? :wtf: http://www.yourdailyjournal.com/articles/2008/12/17/news/news01.txt

[LostinVA]

11. I know for a fact that's against NC law

[Jamastiene]

16. They do it though.

It was in the paper. The manager was proudly talking about how they all looked forward to it every morning. I don't know if they still have the same manager now. It was in the Daily Journal about 4 or 5 years ago. I remember reading it and being glad I didn't work there any more. :puke:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. I believe it goes something like this:

: "WHAT TIME IS IT?"

: "SELLING CHEAP CRAP TIME!!!"

:"WHAT TIME IS IT?"

: "SELLING CHEAP CRAP TIME!!!"

: "ANY NON-UNIONIZED MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS IN THE HOUSE?"

: "WOOF-WOOF-WOOF-WOOF!!!!"

: "ANY NON-UNIONIZED MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS IN THE HOUSE?"

: "WOOF-WOOF-WOOF-WOOF!!!!"

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Oh, come on! I've got to get some props from Ravens fans on this board for that one. nt

[suninvited]

22. I thought it was hilarious

and I dont even know what a Raven is...

[madinmaryland]

24. Jeebus. Lewis is so over the hill. Let's talk about the Sack leader in the NFL...

DeMarcus Ware...



Joe Flacco gets to meet Demarcus Ware on Saturday night!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. When Ware gets you to a Lombardi trophy, then we can talk.

[madinmaryland]

26. One Super Bowl Victory?

:rofl:

Let's see. Five Super Bowl Championships and eight total trips to the Super Bowl.

Hmmm.

And it's not the Deadskins!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. I loved the 1990s too.

Great music, neat movies, cool president (post 1992), good economy, country at peace.

But let's face it. That's all ancient history. These aren't your father's cowpokes.

[madinmaryland]

28. Actually the way you phrase it, those are my cowboys.

The ones playing today are my son's?? :freak:

My father's Cowboys didn't exist!!

[LeftyMom]

6. Just before the Best Buy opened here, they'd go across the street and do chants and calisthenics

in front of the Circuit City.

Seriously.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. You laugh, but guess who's going bankrupt?

Clearly chants and calisthenics had quite an effect on the poor Circuit Citians, who were busy tazering people without a reciept.

[Danger Mouse]

7. It's called brainwashing.

[Sewsojm]

10. I've witnessed it many times

I've witnessed it many times, made me feel very uncomfortable and think even less of walmart.

[Dukkha]

12. would never set foot in a Wal Mart but I've heard of the rallies

The forced pep rally is truly pathetic. Do they really think if anyone had a choice they’d be working there? No one is happy being a slave for the great blue Satan and they are only made to feel worse about their work lives by being forced to pretend they have company “spirit”.

My company, a major bank, recently had a “spirit rally” in the theme of a football tail gate party where they face painted corporate logos and colors and had a shouting contest over who had the most "Spirit” for working there. I called in sick that day.

[Kat45]

14. You were shopping at Walmart??!!

:wtf:

[Orrex]

15. I saw the equivalent at a KMart in Pittsburgh. It was, in a word, creepy.

:scared:

[TimeChaser]

18. I once worked at a Kmart in Pittburgh,

and had to deal with those every time I had the opening shift. I'm not a morning person. =_=

[crim son]

19. Yes, holy shit.

It was disconcerting, to say the least.

[DS1]

20. I interviewed for BlockBuster video once, when I was in college

and the manager mentioned "huddles". Then we talked about our degrees, and he had the same degree I had, and I wanted to throw up. I can't do huddles outside of sports. Fuck you.

[ACTION BASTARD]

23. Their just reinforcing the christian death cult teachings. Nothing to see here, sir.

Have you accepted our low, low prices for your personal savings, sir?